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| floop |
Posted - 03/29/2004 : 16:29:38
not all hope is lost for filmmaking..
has anyone else seen this? |
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| Jose Jones |
Posted - 10/15/2004 : 11:13:00
i disagree. the whole "when they're older" angle in kaufman's original script seemes a little too obvious. i'm surprised that i prefer the movie over the original script.
-dan
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they were the heroes of old, men of renown. |
| TarTar |
Posted - 10/15/2004 : 07:37:02
I think this would have been a much better ending.
INT. SECOND OLD WOMAN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT
The old Clementine is unconscious on her bed, hooked up to
modern versions of the erasing machines. Two young
technicians monitor the equipment. The woman's bedside phone
rings. Her machine picks up. After a moment:
OLD MAN'S VOICE
Hi, it's Joel. What's going on, Clem?
Why won't you call me back? Please call
me. We need to speak.
The machine clicks off. One of the technicians reaches over
and presses the "erase" button on the machine.
BLACK.
THE END
Inna zany combination of Wayne's Pet Youngin'! |
| TarTar |
Posted - 10/15/2004 : 07:32:45
Just the fact that it had Tom Waits references. :)
Inna zany combination of Wayne's Pet Youngin'! |
| floop |
Posted - 10/15/2004 : 07:28:04
how can you tell if the script was a better if you only read parts of it?
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
| TarTar |
Posted - 10/15/2004 : 07:24:48
The movie was great, but the script was even better (though I will admit I only read parts of it). They cut a lot of things out to make it more friendly for anyone. There was a lot of talk about Tom Waits in the script, all of which was omitted from the film, though we did see Rain Dogs for a split second during a montage of items which reminded Joel of Clementine. I thought the soundtrack could have used some Waits. I also thought the very ending of the movie was kind of a letdown. and www.imdb.com says:
The original script featured a cut beginning and ending sequence that took place in the future. In the end, an older Clementine comes in to have the procedure done and a look at her screen shows that she's had the procedure done multiple times and all of them involved Joel. At the very end of the script, an older Joel calls Clementine to ask why she hasn't called, but the technicians performing the procedure erase his message. Other cuts in the original script include a montage of memories people wanted erased, including a soldier seeing his dead friend on a battlefield and a girl who was raped at a young age.
Inna zany combination of Wayne's Pet Youngin'! |
| KingOfSiam |
Posted - 10/11/2004 : 10:46:36
Very interesting movie. Haven't seen one this good since Memento! Well. maybe Donny Darko...Excellent movie though. Check it out if you haven't already. |
| floop |
Posted - 10/10/2004 : 18:41:09
quote:
Originally posted by Monsieur
It's Michel, not Michael. I still haven't seen "Secret Things".
pardon Monsieur.
i haven't seen any of Claire Denis' films, so i don't know.
you should see SECRET THINGS though.. funny funny. very smart.
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
| Monsieur |
Posted - 10/10/2004 : 15:45:42
It's Michel, not Michael. I still haven't seen "Secret Things".
What do you think about Claire Denis? She is supposed to be THE arty director here in France, and I truly hate her films.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust |
| floop |
Posted - 10/10/2004 : 15:08:53
Michael Gondry is extremely talented. but Patrice Leconte is nothing to be ashamed of. and the guy who did my favorite film of 2003, SECRET THINGS, Jean-Claude Brisseau..
one of my favorite cinematographers, Lance Acord, is french.. he's done some amazing work (BUFFALO 66, BEING JOHN MALCOVICH, ADAPTATION, LOST IN TRANSLATION)
plus AIR are French.
see, you Frenchies got a lot goin' on.
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
| Monsieur |
Posted - 10/10/2004 : 14:37:30
Carrey's performance in Truman Show was really moving, too.
Michel Gondry is a wunderkind and our French pride, among lots of very pretentious and talentless French filmmakers.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 10/10/2004 : 14:14:10
I have to agree with you, Monsieur. It was flat, IMHO. It could have been so much better with more complex characters and less time spent on the psychological mechanisms. It relied too heavily on the trippy factor. Very much like "Being John Malkovich" -tricky and quirky, and lacking the character and story depth to make it really work. That said, the moviemaking (cinematography, editing, moments/scenes) was amazing. Some really beautiful work.
Yeah, Carrey surprised me - he was way better than I expected. |
| Monsieur |
Posted - 10/10/2004 : 13:47:57
I saw the film today. I was a little disappointed. Carrey and Winslet and Gondry did their job very well, but I think Kaufman fucked it up a little. Some parts of the film (like the one where he's trying to hide her in an obscure corner of his memory) are clearly too long, and there is nothing left to understand in the film after the first 15 minutes.
The scenes on the beach are very nice.
Carrey is a good dramatic actor.
I will show you fear in a handful of dust |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 13:39:45
No problem. Just doing our job.
Listen to Nine Black Alps. |
| offerw |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 12:21:21
I saw this film yesterday. Incredibly good movie. Thanks again to FB.net forum.
wilhelm |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 05/19/2004 : 11:31:14
I can't be bothered to be honest with you jujube. I was ecstatic enough with the movie,
Thanks anyway.
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
| jujube |
Posted - 05/18/2004 : 10:39:39
Please, people.
You HAVE to read the original script.
Download it, print it, read it, then cry, then try to kill yourself because you're not Charlie Kaufman and never will.
You'll find it here :
http://www.beingcharliekaufman.com/spotless.txt
You'll thank me later.
Haven't seen the movie yet. I don't even know when it opens, here in Kiribati.
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| Carl |
Posted - 05/18/2004 : 08:27:12
It was a little too messy. I would say a lot of people in your average cinema-audience disliked it. Malkovich and Adaptation were a little more upbeat. Not that I was disappointed because it was a gloomy kinda movie, but I just thought it did'nt quite work out. By the way, saw 'Wonderland' the other night, pretty good but it ends rather abruptly. |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 16:34:33
I was thinking of the train-ride back from Montauk which happened before the opening credits but was chronologically after the Patrick "nice", oops, sorry HPM, your brain is in fine working condition. :)
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 15:47:46
Clem called Joel nice, the first time around??? Really? I don't remember that. Oh well, whatever.
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 15:32:15
I think it was more like a subconcious painful reminder, when Patrick called her "nice", because Clem called Joel "nice" the first time around, I think. All potential situations with Patrick must have occurred after the first situation with Joel.
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| klikger |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 15:31:20
Does anybody know anything about the DVD release? Can't wait for this one. |
| ShakeyShake |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 15:26:02
Ahh that makes more sense
"I joined the Cult of this guy / 'cause they took my other picture away |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 15:23:38
No he wasn't trying to copy him there. That's one reason why she doesn't like the word, 'cos Wood's character calls her it.
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
| ShakeyShake |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 15:14:04
Montauk....I remember it now strangely enough,just needed some gentle persuasion,erm only 1 other thing,might just be me being pedantic.When Elijah Wood's in the car with Clem after she freaks out on the lake he calls her "nice" and I was thinking he was trying to copy Joel again,but that was before the point that Joel called her nice.
"I joined the Cult of this guy / 'cause they took my other picture away
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 13:26:28
Yeah basically you can't erase fate.
Lovely story.
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 13:19:06
Those who can't remember the past, are doomed to repeat it!
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| soundofataris |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 13:09:11
in the origional script it ends with clem as an elderly woman, and the audience finds out that her and joel have had each other erased dozens of times, and had spent their entire life falling in and out of love
warm....warmer.....disco! |
| soundofataris |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 13:07:14
I would guess that elija wood's attempts to recreat her relationship with Joel jogged something in her subconscious that impelled her to hop on the LIRR. It was this same subconscious urges that made her talk to him on the train, i would imagine.
I love montauk. When they were first on the train I was upset because it obviously wasn't a LI train, so I was expecting a 'fake montauk', with some other town substituting for it, just as metro north substituted for lirr. I was so happy to actually see all the familar landmarks of the town. I spent every summer there as a kid.
warm....warmer.....disco! |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 13:05:57
And it didn't really bother me until you mentioned it Shakey, now I'm taking my 4.2-star rating and changing it to 4.1-stars. Is there anything else that bothered you? Maybe I should watch it again, actually, the timeline was a little hoky, it was neat how they tied it all together with the color of her hair though!
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| shineoftheever |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 13:00:33
MONTAUK!
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 12:50:23
What place??? Who??? You are gonna have to give us more than that.
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
| ShakeyShake |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 12:30:09
Went and saw it the other night,very imaginative i thought,one bit that bugged me though was, how did she know to go to that place(the name escapes me) in the end?
"I joined the Cult of this guy / 'cause they took my other picture away |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 12:05:07
I went on Wednesday night with a "platonic" friend and we both loved it! She's still platonic....
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 11:58:15
Does love ever end
When two hearts are torn away?
Or does it go on
And beat strong anyway?
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 05/14/2004 : 11:56:24
Floop! You have to. We all do. We all need to love and to be loved, no matter how much we get burned.
We gotta get it right some time!!!
Right???
Hansel and Gretel have formed a band, .....And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Breadcrumbs!!! |
